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ARMENIA WILL BE ABLE TURKEY SUED IN CALIFOR- TO PROVIDE 55% OF ITS NIA OVER ARMENIAN GEN- WHEAT BY 2014JUNE 2010 OCIDE PAGE 4 PAGE 3 ARMENIA HIGHLIGHTS Weekly Digest of the Government of Armenia July 27 - August 2 2010 THEMA “Quote of the week” “I belIeve that the InternatIonal com- munIty needs to dem- onstrate to armenIa and azerbaIjan that we expect them to negotIate In good faIth to settle the KarabaKh conflIct.” peter semneby eu specIal representatIve for the south caucasus RA PRIME MINISTER MEETS WITH REPRESENTATIVES of “yoUTH AGAINST CORRUPTION” PROGRAM rmenian prime minister tigran sarg- cation, etc. t. sargsyan, speaking of the men- asyan met on july 28 with the repre- tioned issues, noted that serious changes will Upcoming Events sentatives of “future is yours” NGO and be made in near future in the system of higher of “youth against corruption” program and post graduate education. there is a serious implemented by the latter.the goal of the working team which is engaged in it. “higher program is formation of intolerant attitude educational establishments, both state and August 12: serj tankian gives solo against corruption and civil activeness private, must operate in an equal competitive concert in yerevan among young people. five-day classes have field. the state’s attitude toward them must be been conducted for 300 young people of 6 the same,” the prime minister said. “we must August 19: president of RF arrives yerevan higher educational establishments intensify the licensing stage. certain standards yerevan by the specialists of “future is yours” NGO, must exist,” t. sargsyan added. but it is not during which the participants of the program enough. higher educational establishments gained knowledge about the phenomenon must have the guarantee of the accreditation of corruption, its manifestations, causes and institute. the armenian accreditation Institute consequences, about fighting against cor- will cooperate with relevant structures of dif- USEFUL LINKS ruption and preventive measures. discus- ferent countries throughout the world. today, • www.president.am sions, disputes and quizzes were organized only the american university of armenia has • www.gov.am during the classes. during the meeting with an international accreditation in the republic. • www.parliament.am the prime minister the participants of the the prime minister noted that as a result of the • www.mfa.am program had an opportunity to address the reforms positive shifts will be registered within • www.armenpress.am questions they are interested in, to present 4 years. • www.panarmenian.net the flaws in higher and post-graduate edu- July 26, 2010 www.armenpress.am • www.matenadaran.am ARMENIA HIGHLIGHTS CHRONICA HEADLINES OF EGYPTIAN DELEGATION BRIEFS ON importance to expanding cooperation THE WEEK ITS VISION OF INVESTMENT with the egyptian company and clari- • JUIY 26 Armenian students are in- PROGRAMS IMPLEMENTATION IN fying the scope of investments, the ra vited to participate in ARPA In- ARMENIA government’s press service reported. stitute Invention Competition member of the delegation, chairman AH of the board of cushman & wakefield • JULY 26: Why prices for ice- company john cushman briefed on his cream grow in Armenia? vision of opportunities for investment AH implementation in armenia. the par- • JULY 26: Negotiations on Association ties referred to outlooks for investment Agreement with EU open in Yerevan programs implementation in armenia. AH specifically, details of implementation • JULY 26: VivaCell-MTS or- of smart village program near yer- ganizes training for tel- evan was in the focus of the meeting. ecom journalists of Armenia besides, the parties stressed the im- AH portance of cooperation between the • JULY 26: ArmenTel com- rmenian prime minister tigran armenian government and artoc pany is third among 300 larg- asargsyan received a delegation of group. est taxpayers of Armenia egyptian artoc group investment July 26 2010 www.panarmenian.net AH company. tigran sargsyan attached • JULY 27: Indian Industri- al Federation representatives PETER SEMNEBY: EU HAS OUTLINES OF WHAT COULD BECOME VIABLE to visit Armenia in October SOLUTION TO KaRABAKH CONFLICT AH u special representative for the conflict. we already have the outlines • JULY 28: ANCA: Bryza raised esouth caucasus peter semneby said of what, to my opinion, could become more questions than he answered that any voting on the Karabakh status a viable solution to the conflict. now it AH can take place only after a long process. is necessary to convince the sides to ac- • JULY 31: Reconstruction of ancient now it is necessary to reach an agree- cept these principles,” said semneby. oil mill adjacent to Tatev monas- ment on the principles of how the set- as for the armenian-turkish nor- tery to be completed by autumn 2011 tlement process should develop to cre- malization and its tie with the Kara- AH ate guarantees for all the sides, he said. bakh conflict, he said that there is no • AUGUST 1: Armenian Minister referring to the efficiency of the a formal tie between the processes. of Defense awards 2 draftee sol- osce minsk group, semneby not- however, according to semneby, diers with Vazgen Sargsyan medal ed that the eu continues supporting one cannot deny that whatever takes AH the osce minsk group’s activity. place in one of these processes, it • AUGUST 2: 38.2% growth re- “I believe that the international com- has an impact on the atmosphere of corded in brandy production in munity needs to demonstrate to arme- confidence, and this should be taken Armenia in January-June 2010 nia and azerbaijan that we expect them into consideration, Interfax reported. to negotiate in good faith to settle the July 23, 2010 www.panarmenian.net RA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, UNDP TO LAUNCH ImpLemeNTA- TION OF TWO JOINT prOJECTS IN LEVON ARONIAN TO PARTICIPATE IN AUGUST 7-8 QUICK CHESS SepTemBer CHAMPIONSHIP randmaster levon aronian will partic- ski won tournament gold with 7 points. n july 30, armenian minister of edu- gipate in mainz quick chess champion- hrant melkumyan and zaven andreasyan ocation and science armen ashotyan ship due august 7-8. armenian chess play- have gained 4,5 points each after the 7th received un resident coordinator/undp er is a reigning champion at mainz rapid. tour of balaguer international tourna- resident representative (un rc/undp at miguel naidorf memorial in warsaw, ment, dropping only 1 point behind tour- rr) in armenia dafina gercheva. armen hrayr simonyan of armenia took 25th nament leader, armchess.am reported. ashotyan and dafina gercheva hailed the place among 92 participants, having gained July 26, 2010 www.panarmenian.net continuous cooperation between the min- 5 points out of 9 possible. julian radul- istry of education and science and yer- evan office of the un, saying that the re- Russian militaRy base in Ra to defend Russia’s inteRests, pRo- sults of this cooperation will be observable viding Armenia’s secuRity? soon. referring to readiness of the undp ussia and armenia intend to sign a pro- assist armenia in provision with up-to-date to assist the ministry in development of its rtocol envisaging introduction of amend- military equipment. as the draft protocol communication strategy, armen ashotyan ments to the contract on russian military stipulates, “russian military units will be sta- said: “It is a very important project, as es- base on the territory of armenia.according tioned based on parties’ mutual agreements, tablishment of a public dialogue and par- to draft protocol, beside defending the inter- may 15, 1992, collective security treaty; ticipation of wider groups of population in ests of russia, russian military base will be august 22, 1997, friendship, cooperation this process will secure achievement of the assigned with the task of protecting arme- and mutual assistance agreement and in ac- desired results in large-scale reforms in the nia’s security in cooperation with ra armed cordance with ra and rf legislation.” . field of education and science. forces. to achieve the goals set, russia will July 30, 2010 www.armenpress.am July 30, 2010 full story www.panarmenian.net 2 AH ARMENIA HIGHLIGHTS RES PUBLICA ARMENIA WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE 55% OF ITS WHEAT BY TIGRAN DaVTYAN SAYS ARME- 2014 JUNE 2010 nia’s economy RetuRning to PRE-CRISIS CONDITION production. moreover, as per instruction of rmenia’s economic policy and its armenian prime minister tigran sargsyan, afurther way have become a subject governors of all regions of armenia have of discussion today by corresponding submitted lists of those lands, which are ap- state bodies. on the initiative of the In- propriate for cultivation of this sort of wheat. ternational monetary fund finance min- gerasim alaverdyan noted that the pro- ister tigran davtyan, economy minister gram basically aims to expand cultiva- nerses yeritsyan, CEO of “synopsis” tion areas of wheat up to 115,000-120,000 ha, on which 400,000t of wheat will be company hovik musayelyan and others produced per year. “this will allow in- met to discuss the tendencies of armenia’s creasing the level of wheat provision in macro-economic developments, past the country from 37% to 55%,” he said. difficulties of the economy, the current n july 29, the RA government ap- alaverdyan noted that around situation and the prospects of the future. oproved a program on development 650,000t of wheat are used in ar- July 26, 2010, www.panarmenian.net of seed production in armenia for 2010- menia, while most of it is imported. OSCE MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS 2014 at the amount of AMD 558mln. according to the minister, wheat seeds armenian minister of agriculture gerasim will be provided to enterprises for free, and ISSUE STATEMENT alaverdyan told a briefing that elite sort of in a year of reproduction the enterprises wheat will be purchased from stavropol region will be obliged to return the harvest at 1/2 of russia (950t) and local producers (500t) ratio.